Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 57
Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
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BNSS Section 57 deals with person arrested to be taken before magistrate or officer in charge of police station and replaces CrPC 56.
Bare act text — BNSS 57
57. Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station.
A police officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the officer in charge of a police station.
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What was BNSS Section 57 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 57 (Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station) replaces Section 56 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 56 is now BNSS 57.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 52 — Examination of person accused of rape by medical practitioner
- BNSS 53 — Examination of arrested person by medical officer
- BNSS 54 — Identification of person arrested
- BNSS 55 — Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
- BNSS 56 — Health and safety of arrested person
- BNSS 58 — Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
- BNSS 59 — Police to report apprehensions
- BNSS 60 — Discharge of person apprehended
- BNSS 61 — Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
- BNSS 62 — Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita